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News / Food & Agriculture

Slow temperature rise deadlier than extreme events in Pakistan

“We return to our fields every day, hoping for a miracle but the days are just getting hotter. If the temperature continues to rise, we are not sure how we will survive,” said Bibi Sajida. She was one...

30 Apr 2019

Slow temperature rise deadlier than extreme events in Pakistan

Press Releases / National University of Singapore

NUS raises S$300 million in its inaugural green bond issuance

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully raised S$300 million through a green bond, the first of its kind among universities in Asia. With a fixed coupon rate of 1.565 per cent, ...

29 May 2020

NUS raises S$300 million in its inaugural green bond issuance

News / Waste

Waste plastic can find a useful new life

Swedish scientists say they have found a way to recycle plastic perfectly: their new process can turn any waste plastic back into new plastic of identical quality – and recover all of it. The process ...

4 Nov 2019

Waste plastic can find a useful new life

Opinion / Water

How to reduce plastic and other ocean pollution simultaneously

Plastic has gone from the greatest invention of the modern era to one of the most challenging materials to manage. Each year, up to 13 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean, the equivalent of...

27 May 2020

How to reduce plastic and other ocean pollution simultaneously

News / Carbon & Climate

Digital disruption holds virtual key to climate action, researchers say

As the digital revolution hurtles on at breakneck speed, states, businesses and individuals should work together to harness technology to create low-carbon, fairer societies - or risk that vision bein...

3 Mar 2020

Digital disruption holds virtual key to climate action, researchers say

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

8 environment and development stories to watch in the new make-or-break decade

The world was not kind to the environment over the past decade, the warmest in recorded history. Superstorm Sandy caused more than $70 billion of damages in the United States. Cities like Cape Town, S...

17 Jan 2020

8 environment and development stories to watch in the new make-or-break decade

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

Indonesia’s forest fires have made headlines globally over the past few weeks. This year’s forest fires have affected millions of people. Schools have closed in some areas due to unsafe levels of air ...

9 Oct 2019

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia Pacific faring poorly on SDGs, marching backwards for two goals—UN

Asia Pacific is failing to meet most of the measurable environmental targets set by the United Nations, revealed a report released on 25 March on the region’s progress towards achieving the Sustainabl...

30 Mar 2020

Asia Pacific faring poorly on SDGs, marching backwards for two goals—UN

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Highlights from Ecosperity Week 2019

More than 3,000 delegates from over 80 countries gathered for this year’s Ecosperity Week organised by investment firm Temasek. With the theme “From Ambition to Action”, attendees discussed ways to sp...

24 Jul 2019

Highlights from Ecosperity Week 2019

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest

Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire season that has charred 1,330 square miles of the rainforest this year. Don’t blame dry weath...

27 Aug 2019

The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest

News / Food & Agriculture

India’s curbs on Malaysian palm oil set to shake up sector

The dynamics between key players in the palm oil industry will fundamentally shift unless a diplomatic spat between India and Malaysia can be resolved amicably, experts warn.India – the world’s larges...

27 Jan 2020

India’s curbs on Malaysian palm oil set to shake up sector

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The Atlantic: The driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod

“Did the Atlantic close and then reopen?” That was the question posed in a 1966 paper by the Canadian geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson. The answer? Yes, over millions of years. And it was the breakup of th...

29 Dec 2020

The Atlantic: The driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod

News / Cities

'No man's land': Delhi's urban villages face uncertain future

Many of the landmarks of Paras Tyagi's life remain the same in Budhela village in Delhi where he grew up: the house he lived in, the school that he, his father and grandfather attended, the homes of n...

12 May 2020

'No man's land': Delhi's urban villages face uncertain future

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C

The third part of the IPCC’s 6th assessment report, known as Working Group III (WG3), provides a detailed view of possible futures. For example, it says that current policies put the world on track fo...

8 Apr 2022

Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C

Press Releases / Label for Recycling

Singaporeans will finally be able to know if their packaging is truly recyclable and recycled

Label for Recycling (L4R), the Singaporean not-for-profit organisation will help brand owners to assess the recyclability of their packaging and provide a market proven set of recycling labe...

13 Nov 2019

Singaporeans will finally be able to know if their packaging is truly recyclable and recycled

Tan Szue Hann is, among other roles, chairman of sustainability for Singapore Institute of Architects. He says students need to be aware that "they do have agency in contributing towards environmental sustainability." Image: Tann Szue Hann

News / Green Buildings

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

Speaking to Eco-Business at International Built Environment Week last year, Tan Szue Hann, one of Singapore's most notable sustainability-focused architects, considered how the low-lying city-state wi...

5 Apr 2020

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability

It is March 31 and Belinda (not her real name), the head of human resources (HR) at an Asian-based financial institution, is sitting at her desk at home reviewing the notes she had just sent to the le...

27 Apr 2020

Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability

News / Carbon & Climate

Drought may hit half world’s wheat at once

The planet’s daily bread could be at risk as the global thermometer creeps up and climates begin to change. New research has warned that almost two thirds of the world’s wheat-growing areas could face...

3 Oct 2019

Drought may hit half world’s wheat at once

Opinion / Cities

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

Since the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, global momentum to tackle the climate crisis has been building. Progress has been made on almost every front, from bold co...

10 Dec 2020

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

News / Energy

Solar could meet 43% of Singapore's power demand during mid-day by 2050: study

Although Singapore has plenty of solar potential, many believe the tiny island-nation is too space-scarce to soak up much of the sun’s energy. But if the city-state accelerates the adoption of photovo...

12 May 2020

Solar could meet 43% of Singapore's power demand during mid-day by 2050: study

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